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General Practitioners: Telemedicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of (a) the new online consultation system for GP surgeries and (b) as part of that, urgent clinical queries being included on forms meant for n

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
23 Feb 2026
Answer
23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of (a) the new online consultation system for GP surgeries and (b) as part of that, urgent clinical queries being included on forms meant for n

  2. 23 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    General practices (GPs) are independent businesses contracted by the National Health Service to deliver essential services, and as part of these contracts they are required to provide modern telephony systems and online consultation tools. In the 2025 con...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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NHS: Databases

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NHS: Databases

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NHS: Databases

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Databases

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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains the Government's policy that all (a) specialised services and (b) highly specialised services currently commissioned centrally by NHS England will continue to be commissioned nationally by the Secretary of State following the abolition of NHS England; and whether there will be any reduction in the scope of services commissioned centrally.